John 15:24 (YLT)

Passage

if I did not do among them the works that no other hath done, they were not having sin, and now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father;

Nearby Context

John 15:22 if I had not come and spoken to them, they were not having sin; but now pretext they have not for their sin.

John 15:23 `He who is hating me, doth hate also my Father;

John 15:24 if I did not do among them the works that no other hath done, they were not having sin, and now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father;

John 15:25 but--that the word may be fulfilled that was written in their law--They hated me without a cause.

John 15:26 `And when the Comforter may come, whom I will send to you from the Father--the Spirit of truth, who from the Father doth come forth, he will testify of me;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "works", "other", "hath", "done", "having", "both", "seen", and "hated". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "works" and "other", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "He who is hating me doth hate..." into verse 25's "but--that the word may be fulfilled that...", so "works" and "other" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "works" and "other" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.